Occurrence of contaminants in drinking water sources and the potential of biochar for water quality improvement: A review

KN Palansooriya, Y Yang, YF Tsang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In this work, the occurrence of contaminants in drinking water sources was described in
relation to their treatment options based on both conventional (eg, coagulation-flocculation …

Challenges and solutions for biofiltration of hydrophobic volatile organic compounds

Y Cheng, H He, C Yang, G Zeng, X Li, H Chen… - Biotechnology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted to the environment highly probably result in
ecological and health risks. Many biotechnologies for waste gases containing hydrophobic …

Simultaneous removal of multicomponent VOCs in biofilters

C Yang, H Qian, X Li, Y Cheng, H He, G Zeng… - Trends in …, 2018 - cell.com
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are significant atmospheric pollutants that cause
environmental and health risks. Waste gases polluted with multiple VOCs often need to be …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal co-culture improves the biodegradation of hydrophobic VOCs gas mixtures in conventional biofilters and biotrickling filters

M Marycz, A Brillowska-Dąbrowska, S Cantera… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study systematically evaluated the potential of Candida subhashii, Fusarium
solani and their consortium for the abatement of n-hexane, trichloroethylene (TCE), toluene …

A state of the art review on the use of fungi in biofiltration to remove volatile hydrophobic pollutants

M Marycz, A Brillowska-Dąbrowska, R Muñoz… - … Science and Bio …, 2022 - Springer
The physical/chemical abatement of gas pollutants creates many technical problems, is
costly and entails significant environmental impacts. Biological purification of off-gases is a …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic comparison of a biotrickling filter and a conventional filter for the removal of a mixture of hydrophobic VOCs by Candida subhashii

M Marycz, Y Rodríguez, J Gębicki, R Muñoz - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
This work systematically compared the potential of a conventional fungal biofilter (BF) and a
fungal biotrickling filter (BTF) for the abatement of a mixture of hydrophobic volatile organic …

Reduced microbial diversity induces larger volatile organic compound emissions from soils

L Abis, B Loubet, R Ciuraru, F Lafouge, S Houot… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Microorganisms in soil are known to be a source and a sink of volatile organic compounds
(VOCs). The role of the microbial VOCs on soil ecosystem regulation has been increasingly …

Treatment of gaseous toluene in three biofilters inoculated with fungi/bacteria: microbial analysis, performance and starvation response

Z Cheng, L Lu, C Kennes, J Yu, J Chen - Journal of hazardous materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Bacteria and fungi are often utilized for the biodegradation of organic pollutants. This study
compared fungal and/or bacterial biofiltration in treating toluene under both steady and …

A review and perspective of recent research in biological treatment applied in removal of chlorinated volatile organic compounds from waste air

T Li, H Li, C Li - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Chlorinated volatile organic compounds (Cl–VOCs) waste air is a kind of typical recalcitrant
organic compounds, which poses a great threat to the ecological environment and human …

Imidazolium-based ionic liquids introduced into π-electron donors: highly efficient toluene capture

G Yu, M Mu, J Li, B Wu, R Xu, N Liu… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Aromatic hydrocarbons are considered a class of extremely hazardous atmospheric
pollutants of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Toluene is a typical aromatic VOC …